Requirement for notice
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8.—(1) The Department must, on or before making a payment on account of benefit to A, give or send notice in writing to A of A’s liability—
(a)to have the amount of the payment on account of benefit deducted from subsequent payments of benefit; and
(b)to repay the amount of any payment on account of benefit to the extent that it is not deducted from subsequent payments of benefit.
(2) Where A is a member of a couple and the payment on account of benefit is on account of universal credit, notice in writing must also be given or sent to A’s partner containing the information referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b).